Carroll Ann Friedmann, E-RYT 500

Carroll Ann is the co-owner of AYC and the Ivy Yoga School. She directs the Mysore Program and Apprenticeship. She has practiced yoga since 2001, has over 10,000 hours of teaching experience and over 1400 hours of teacher training in the Integral Yoga and Ashtanga traditions. At the Ivy Yoga School, she and Liam Buckley offer Pre-Natal, 200-HR and 300-HR Yoga Alliance courses. She came to AYC in 2010 and practiced under Jennifer Elliott until 2020. Carroll Ann has studied intensively with R. Saraswathi Jois of Mysore, India and has assisted her at the KPJAYI. She has worked with hundreds of students from all over the world comprising all levels of ability, experience and commitment. She currently studies with Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, and Ty Landrum. She is deeply committed to the Mysore method of yoga teaching and practice. She learned Sanskrit chanting and yoga philosophy with Dr. M.A. Jayashree in Mysore, India. In 2024, Integral Yoga Press published her book, Practicing the Yoga Sutras – A Personal Study Guide and Journal.

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